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Level 2 Teaching Assistant - Preston Primary School (Connect Academy Trust)
Hours: 31.25 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Preston Primary is part of Connect Academy Trust, a Multi Academy Trust in the beautiful coastal area of Torbay. You will find us to be a school that is:
- A happy place for staff and children
- Busy, with a great ethos
- Innovative and forward thinking

Our vision: 'An outstanding coastal school, known for an innovative curriculum that delivers excellent outcomes for children'.

The successful candidate will have a desire to enhance learning for all the children in the school. They will bring an energy and a passion to the team. They will work well with others and add to the calm atmosphere in the building.

The roles will include working within whole class settings; supporting groups of learners and working with specific children who have special educational needs, including those in our specialist provision for children on the autistic spectrum. Experience of working with children with special educational needs would be an advantage. We are looking for candidates who are flexible, energetic, enthusiastic and committed to making a difference to children’s learning.

Connect Academy Trust
Connect is a family of 8 large, successful, and happy primary schools. The Trust now educates over 3500 children with 550 staff, in both Plymouth and Torbay. Connect was formed in 2016 and aims to provide a firm foundation for developing teachers and leaders to secure the best learning opportunities for all children. It operates a dynamic, values-based system where each school is a giver and receiver of support. Connect is an inclusive Trust and 3 of our schools have specialist support centres, for deaf children, those with an ASC diagnosis and for those with a developmental language disorder.

We can offer you:
• A highly supportive school invested in your growth and professional development.
• A Trust culture that promotes diversity, equality and social justice.
• A supportive approach for all staff and an innovative approach to appraisal.
• Comprehensive induction and wide-ranging opportunities for professional development.
• An opportunity to be part of a forward focussed and growing Trust, author of the UK’s first ocean conservation curriculum with 8 European Blue Schools and national winner of the Community Impact of the year, Trust award 2023!

You are welcome to make an appointment to come and have a look around the school and meet the children and staff. Please contact the School office to arrange.

Closing Date: 1st October 2024